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Joshua Scott Jones and Meghan Linsey make up the new Big Machine Records duo Steel Magnolia and while originally not planning on entering Can You Duet the duo reconsidered and won the whole thing.  Get to know the couple in this exclusive interview with Roughstock.

Taylor Swift is nominated for six American Music Awards and like her recent sweep of the Country Music Association, I don't see how she doesn't come away with more awards.  There are also Male Artist and Country Group categories up for grabs on Sunday night.

Here's Trent Tomlinson in his own words. The video biography details his life, how he got to where he is and why he thinks his current radio single "Angels Like Her" is the right song to be releasing right now.

Roughstock has learned today that Texas music star Kevin Fowler (the songwriter of "Beer Bait & Ammo," "Long Line of Losers,") who formerly had a national record deal with Clint Black's Equity Records, has signed a deal with Nashville's Lyric Street Records.

Sometimes an album can be a surprising experience and Josh Kelley's newest project, the digital release "Backwoods" is one of those. It's surprising because it showcases him at his roots, the way he started his career. It's a completely acoustic album with memorable melodie&

Keith Urban has scored three huge hits from Defying Gravity yet not one of them has featured lyrical content that went beyond whimsy.  With his fourth single off the record, did the Aussie superstar manage to release a meaty lyric and melody?

It looks as if Brad Paisley, Bryan White and Keith Urban have company at the "country singers married to hollywood stars table" as Singer/Songwriter Josh Kelley, who is married to Katherine Heigl, has signed a record deal with UMG Nashville.

Rising country act Gloriana will be representing country music, along with Taylor Swift, this coming Sunday when the American Music Awards. The quartet is up for Breakthrough Artist Of The Year while Swift is nomianted for 6 awards.

It has been reported today that Taylor Swift has joined BMI in a lawsuit against a small little Idaho sports bar called The Sports Cellar.  The lawsuit claims that the bar hasn't payed BMI for the right to play their songwriter's songs over their speakers. Can you believe this?